You lost 115 lbs and gained a house? That's great, congrats!
I went through my cc statements from the last few months and realized my spending each month in 2020 is basically twice what I was spending in 2019.
A few reasons for that 1) stepdaughter related expenses 2) house related things seem to be failing this year at a rapid pace! 3) this one is the real kicker which just occurred to me today--I'm now shouldering 100% of the grocery expenses because my spouse and I no longer go to the store together and, thus, no longer trade off on who is paying! To be fair, I did designate myself to that role back in March, mostly because I think I'm more careful about the distancing and hygiene. As an aside, we have completely separate finances (except for joint ownership of the house), which I know is weird for some couples, but has worked great for us. Just curious, any other dual earning couples here that don't have joint accounts?
Today we had to have the electrician out and now I'm nearly $400 poorer. This was also my expense because my husband said he would do it himself and I said no way which means I get to pay for it
The electrician and I both wore masks and stood 6 feet apart except for when I had to sign something. It was an overall odd interaction. Also, speaking of masks, I just dropped $50 on 8 washable cloth masks from a local company. I do think masks will be in our future for quite a while so I wanted to have several available for each of us.
Hope you are all healthy and still able to make some progress on your goals despite these difficult circumstances.